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How Big Is a Door?

A door is about 6 ft 8 in (203 cm) tall. That is 1 ft 0.5 in (32 cm) taller than the average man (5 ft 7 in). A standard interior door.

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How big is a door compared to the average man?

A door is 1 ft 0.5 in (32 cm) taller than the average man (5 ft 7 in). That makes a door 1.2× the size of the average man.

Door height in feet, inches, centimeters and meters

A door measures:

Unit	Value
Feet and inches	6 ft 8 in
Inches	79.9 in
Centimeters	203 cm
Meters	2.03 m

Door size facts

A standard US door is 2.03 meters (6 ft 8 in) tall.

How does a door compare to other things?

A door next to 25 things of similar size, plus some everyday references:

Thing	Size	Compared to Door
Sun	865,000 miles (1,393,000 km) across	686 million× bigger
Earth	7,920 miles (12,740 km) across	6.28 million× bigger
Mount Everest	5.5 miles (8.849 km)	4,360× bigger
Eiffel Tower	1,083 ft (330 m)	163× bigger
School bus	40 ft (12.2 m) long	6× bigger
Kevin Durant	6 ft 11 in (211 cm)	3.1 in (8 cm) bigger
LeBron James	6 ft 9 in (206 cm)	1.2 in (3 cm) bigger
Cooper Flagg	6 ft 9 in (206 cm)	1.2 in (3 cm) bigger
Brian Shaw	6 ft 8 in (203 cm)	0 pm smaller
Peter the Great	6 ft 8 in (203 cm)	0 pm smaller
LaMelo Ball	6 ft 7 in (201 cm)	0.79 in (2 cm) smaller
Aaron Judge	6 ft 7 in (201 cm)	0.79 in (2 cm) smaller
Hulk Hogan	6 ft 7 in (201 cm)	0.79 in (2 cm) smaller
Grizzly bear	6 ft 7 in (200 cm) long	1.2 in (3 cm) smaller
Saber-toothed cat	6 ft 7 in (200 cm) long	1.2 in (3 cm) smaller
Velociraptor	6 ft 7 in (200 cm) long	1.2 in (3 cm) smaller
Michael Jordan	6 ft 6 in (198 cm)	2 in (5 cm) smaller
Kobe Bryant	6 ft 6 in (198 cm)	2 in (5 cm) smaller
Jacob Elordi	6 ft 5 in (196 cm)	2.8 in (7 cm) smaller
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson	6 ft 5 in (196 cm)	2.8 in (7 cm) smaller
MrBeast	6 ft 5 in (196 cm)	2.8 in (7 cm) smaller
Travis Kelce	6 ft 5 in (196 cm)	2.8 in (7 cm) smaller
Erling Haaland	6 ft 5 in (195 cm)	3.1 in (8 cm) smaller
Average man (world)	5 ft 7 in (171 cm)	1 ft 0.5 in (32 cm) smaller
Average woman (world)	5 ft 3 in (159 cm)	1 ft 5.5 in (44 cm) smaller

Where do these numbers come from?

Sizes are typical adult or reported values, rounded for readability. Read how we measure and compare sizes.